Price loading...

Why Do Buildings Collapse in Earthquakes? Building for Safety in Seismic Areas

Building Construction & Materials

Price data last checked 102 day(s) ago - refreshing...

View at Amazon

Price History & Forecast

No Price Data Available

Price history will appear here once data is collected from Amazon.

Price Distribution

No price data available for histogram

Description

WHY DO BUILDINGS COLLAPSE IN EARTHQUAKES? Learn from the personal experience and insights of leading earthquake engineering specialists as they examine the lessons from disasters of the last 30 years and propose a path to earthquake safety worldwide Why Do Buildings Collapse in Earthquakes?: Building for Safety in Seismic Areas delivers an insightful and comprehensive analysis of the key lessons taught by building failures during earthquakes around the world. The book uses empirical evidence to describe the successes of earthquake engineering and disaster preparedness, as well as the failures that may have had tragic consequences. Readers will learn what makes buildings in earthquake zones vulnerable, what can be done to design, build and maintain those buildings to reduce or eliminate that vulnerability, and what can be done to protect building occupants. Those who are responsible for the lives and safety of building occupants and visitors―architects, designers, engineers, and building owners or managers―will learn how to provide adequate safety in earthquake zones. The text offers useful and accessible answers to anyone interested in natural disasters generally and those who have specific concerns about the impact of earthquakes on the built environment. Readers will benefit from the inclusion of: A thorough introduction to how buildings have behaved in earthquakes, including a description of the world’s most lethal earthquakes and the fatality trend over time An exploration of how buildings are constructed around the world, including considerations of the impact of climate and seismicity on home design A discussion of what happens during an earthquake, including the types and levels of ground motion, landslides, tsunamis, and sequential effects, and how different types of buildings tend to behave in response to those phenomena What different stakeholders can do to improve the earthquake safety of their buildings The owners and managers of buildings in earthquake zones and those responsible for the safety of people who occupy or visit them will find Why Do Buildings Collapse in Earthquakes? Building for Safety in Seismic Areas essential reading, as will all architects, designers and engineers who design or refurbish buildings in earthquake zones.

Product Specifications

Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1119619424
Category: Books > Subjects > Science, Nature & Maths > Engineering & Technology > Civil Engineering > Building Construction & Materials
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 19 August 2021
Listed Since: 23 February 2021

Barcode

No barcode data available

Why Do Buildings Collapse in Earthquakes? Building for Safety in Seismic Areas

Price History & Forecast

No Price Data Available

Price Distribution

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Seismic Loads

Springer Earthquake Analysis and Design of Industrial Structures

Concrete Buildings in Seismic Regions

Seismic Retrofit of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings

Earthquake Engineering for Structural Design

Earthquake Risk Reduction

Seismic Analysis and Design of Building Structures (Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering)

Earthquake Design Practice for Buildings

Earthquake Resistant Buildings: Dynamic Analyses, Numerical Computations, Codified Methods, Case Studies and Examples

Seismic Design of RC Buildings: Theory and Practice (Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering)

Increasing Seismic Safety by Combining Engineering Technologies and Seismological Data (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security)

Earthquake Disaster Simulation of Civil Infrastructures: From Tall Buildings to Urban Areas

Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING)

Seismic Retrofit of Existing Buildings: A guideline for practising engineers

Handbook of Seismic Risk Analysis and Management of Civil Infrastructure Systems (Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering)

Earthquake Resistant Design and Risk Reduction

Wind and Earthquake Resistant Buildings: Structural Analysis and Design

Routledge Seismic Design for Architects: Outwitting the Quake

Earthquake Engineering Handbook: 24 (New Directions in Civil Engineering)

Earthquakes: An Architect′s Guide to Nonstructural Seismic Hazards

Behaviour of Building Structures Subjected to Progressive Collapse (Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering)

The Physics of Destructive Earthquakes (IOP Concise Physics)

Earthquake Engineering for Dams and Reservoirs

Wind and Earthquake Resistant Buildings: Structural Analysis and Design (Civil & Environmental Engineering (Hardcover))